Romania’s National Highways Company CNADNR has started taking the first steps towards making an express road that would connect Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport to the A3 highway.

The road will cost some EUR 43 million and will have a length of 9 kilometers, reports local Digi24.

CNADNR has sent the documentation for awarding the feasibility study and the technical design of the expressway to the National Agency for Public Procurement for approval. The road is included on the list of projects to be financed with EU funds for the period 2017-2019.

The current road connection between Otopeni Airport and A3 highway is quite difficult. To reach the airport, those coming from A3 have to enter the Bucharest ring road and then turn north on DN1 to Otopeni.

Those who want to get from Bucharest’s main train station Gara de Nord to Otopeni Airport should also have an easier way to do it in about five years. Bucharest’s General Council approved at the end of September the Area Town Planning – PUZ that sets the final route for the new metro line.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com